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U.S. Department of Defence
Industry: Government; Military
Number of terms: 79318
Number of blossaries: 0
Company Profile:
Personnel required to take the place of others who depart a unit.
Industry:Military
Personnel recovery conducted by indigenous/surrogate personnel that are trained, supported, and led by special operations forces, unconventional warfare ground and maritime forces, or other government agencies’ personnel that have been specifically trained and directed to establish and operate indigenous or surrogate infrastructures.
Industry:Military
Personnel or units whose organizations, mission, training, and equipping are based on projected operational deployment to a specific geographic or demographic area.
Industry:Military
Personnel and equipment of any unit, activity, or organizational element engaged in signals intelligence activities.
Industry:Military
Person or agency that uses information or intelligence produced by either its own staff or other agencies.
Industry:Military
Person in the custody of the US Armed Forces who has not been classified as an enemy prisoner of war (article 4, Geneva Convention of 1949 Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (GPW)), retained personnel (article 33, GPW), or civilian internee (article 78, Geneva Convention).
Industry:Military
Periodic flashes of the rotating time base on a radial display. Sometimes caused by mutual interference.
Industry:Military
Particulate and electromagnetic radiation emitted from atomic nuclei in various nuclear processes. The important nuclear radiations, from the weapon standpoint, are alpha and beta particles, gamma rays, and neutrons.
Industry:Military
Particulate (alpha, beta, and neutron) and electromagnetic (X-ray and gamma) radiation of sufficient energy to displace electrons from atoms, producing ions.
Industry:Military
Participation by civilian and military agencies of a government in any of the action programs taken by another government or other designated organization to free and protect its society from subversion, lawlessness, insurgency, terrorism, and other threats to its security.
Industry:Military